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paigeg wrote:I doubt anyone's ever gonna get the references, but it doesn't matter. This stands on its own.

Thanks! That was my goal for the week

Makes so much more sense to me now, i couldn't figure it out before.

Re: Resub - MobyDick/The Owl and the Pussycat

So much better! Much clearer. (I was actually going to suggest you resub but then I hesitated in case you were attached to this version). Great resub!

Re: OZ vs. WONDERLAND

Evening all. Late to the party but rarely absent! Game on.

Re: We're not in Kansas anymore...

Maybe they're in Los Angeles.

The characters are from the following books:

Big Bad Wolf-Grimm's Fairy Tales
Martian spaceship-War of the Worlds
Dorothy & Toto-The Wizard of Oz
Frankenstein-Mary Shelley
Hunchback-The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Sherlock Holmes
Abraham Lincoln

jboshaw wrote:Don't know if this counts as incidental text. Maybe instead use hearts and spades and flamingos and crowns instead of numbers? Like she's explaining her homeworld to them.

Thanks for the advice! I'll do a bit of a redesign, I like the idea of her drawing wonderland things.

Would it make sense if she were drawing her cat Dinah..?

Now that I'm thinking of it, she might get a new face too.

Re: The Family Jules

BRAVA! You deserve to take a bow for this one. I really hope this prints well.

Artifexx wrote:The question is, Why won't woot go there?

Thank you.

Re: We're not in Kansas anymore...

Superb layout and a ninja-like touch of color. I freaking love the War of the Worlds alien/ship up there too. Awesome.

Re: Scheherazade's Other Tales

Nicely done! I like shirts that are more than just a visual pun or cute animals doing cute things. This is highly wearable.

Re: Treasure Island/ The Sign of the Spider

This is fantastic, love the characters and colors (the green really pops)!

Re: [url=http://shirt.woot.com/Derby/Entry.aspx?id=41339]Victor's

Thanks for the feedback!

I'm tempted to do a resub with the feedback you have provided, but I'm hesitant since I struggle greatly (for no visible reason) to upload my files, and its a timely, annoying process for me. I tried the new browser people recommended on my last entries comments, yet it didn't seem to help.

I think it could afford to be bigger on the shirt. I like the shape of the head (it has a great silhouette), but I should at a jacket/ shirt collar design, so it doesn't appear to be so random.

Well thanks again for all your input! I greatly appreciate it!

The owl and the pussycat was one of my favorite books when I was a kid. Nice job!

Stellardig wrote:The design is Awesome and its really wicked....Love it, but what woot color shirt is that. Gray? GMV

Yeah, I used grey. I started of with the lighter blue shirt color they have, but it seemed more cohesive with the grey.

Re: We're not in Kansas anymore...

This is AWESOME! Jeez, you're good. No wonder woot <3's you

Re: OZ vs. WONDERLAND

...Quidditch?

Re: D.QUIXOTE X FRANKENSTEIN

I would buy this Well done.

Don was always a little plumper in my head though.

Re: Tom Sawyer/Moby Dick

Clever idea and nice design... may buy (if wins), still unsure.

Re: Huck Finn / The Wizard of OZ

Awesome design! Definitely love the simplicity, yet I can tell the fine details.

Definite buy.

Re: alice's adventures in wonderland/Land of Oz

Nice job on the bigger head size for Jack Pumpkinhead!

I definitely would like a new cream shirt!

tgentry wrote:While I like the art, I'm not really sure how on-topic this is. Is any of the imagery shown taken from the actual Book of the Dead, or is the only connection that it's using hieroglyphs? Because if it's the latter it's like saying an entry using letters would be on topic because Moby Dick also uses letters. Since I'm not that familiar with the Book of the Dead, I could be way off base, but I'm just not seeing it. I kind of feel bad even asking about it as this is one of the few wearable shirts up so far.

Thanks both for the compliment as well as the comment. Admittedly, my design isn't as spot on as a melding of the two "books" as most of the other designs. The origins of the idea came from the image of Anubis, the jackal-headed god of the Egyptian afterlife I ran across in my sketchbook. He became the dog in this version of the nursery rhyme. Since the Book of the Dead is a series of funerary hymns and instructions, I thought a nursery rhyme used to get kids to sleep would make for an interesting and funny image. When I dove into the design I figured that would be enough to cover the theme...if it isn't I'm pretty sure I can rework it.


I was mistaken in calling it the Book of Life (that's from another religion entirely). It is the Book of the Dead, though I've heard it called the Book of the Afterlife, too.

Re: The LIttle Mermaid/Moby Dick

Your style shows in this drawing. I like.

Re: [url=http://shirt.woot.com/Derby/Entry.aspx?id=41324]A Tale of 2 Cities of War

I'm digging the execution of the mash-up. Very nice artwork!

Re: Around the World in 20,000 Days

I like the design. Seem's very simple, though I might add that it almost looks as if the squid isn't really hanging onto the balloon. Course, a squid shouldn't be hanging on in the first place, but nevertheless, great idea. I kinda wish the face was bigger though,so it stand's out a bit more on the shirt.

Re: Resub - MobyDick/The Owl and the Pussycat

I really like this version better than the other; however, I wish you wouldn't have added the fake distressing. I feel it really takes away from the improvements of design. Just my opinion, though. Good luck!

Re: We're not in Kansas anymore...

Hehe... just wondering. What's with the red? Almost feels unnecessary, yet I welcome it as a distinct focal point of the shirt. Though I don't think many people will notice it.

Re: Moby-Dick/The Owl and the Pussycat

Thanks coolestghoul, geekfactor12, dietotaku, Spiritgreen, bassanimation, grrlmarvel, alaskakatie, keelhaulkate, thejapanesefrog, and odysseyroc for all the nice comments.

And thanks jasneko and nyren for pointed out the issues with the whale's mouth. I thought it looked a little odd but you get pretty use to looking at the image and after awhile you can't tell when it gets weird.

I've resubbed this shirt with fixes that hopefully will make it better and I also adjusted some other stuff that was bugging me. =D

Resub - MobyDick/The Owl and the Pussycat


Hopefully people will vote again.

Re: 20,000 Leagues / Moby Dick Mashup

Though the theme might be over done, and Moby the wrong depiction, I still have to say that the shirt looks nice.

Unfortunately, everyone does have a point. Good try nevertheless!

Re: Resub - MobyDick/The Owl and the Pussycat

Bing!

Nice improvement. Although I wouldn't have said it needed any, it -is- easier to tell which way the whale is looking now and the ribs are a great touch.

Re: Charlotte's Web/The Lord of the Flies

I like that the grass is disturbed where the spear hits now.

Also, nice to see the pig outrun the spear. Haha.

On another note, it would have been interesting if you'd incorporated glasses onto the pig, or maybe sitting on the ground crushed by the pig. Would have been very interesting, though you've done great without it.

stardamsel wrote:Thank you very much, Kalari! The drawing took a lot longer than I thought, but I think it turned out okay :-)

Longer than you thought? Hahah, well for the rest of us, we're glad that happened.

I can't help but notice though, what is the werewolf doing? Is he rising out of water? He's missing a lower half of his body... lol.

Re: Resub - MobyDick/The Owl and the Pussycat

Loving the cat's expression.

Re: Hey Diddle Diddle in the Book of Life

Clever technique (and idea!). I can see the issue some people have with the halftone edges. Is it the comp making them looking a little crunchy? Maybe posting a big image would help. :^)

Re: Resub - MobyDick/The Owl and the Pussycat

I just want to publicly be the lone dissenter who likes the first one better. This is cute and all, but I like weird

Re: Scheherazade's Other Tales

This is really wonderful. Even though I can't wear creme shirts, you still GMV. And I'll definitely be in for one. Nice work.

eye4spot wrote:This hits the mark of the derby theme, but I would not purchase a shirt depicting a harpooned whale.

Don't worry it's just a tranquilizer harpoon. -_^

Neither of these books are in the public domain, but as far as I'm concerned, this is just a shirt with a pig running away from a spear. Nothings blatantly showing Charlotte's Web or Lord of the Flies on this shirt so hopefully it'll pass. And as usual, great work on the shirt. Your stuff always goes underappreciated here so good luck with this design.

very good sir.

Sorry, this is great artwork, but not a great tshirt design. Something just bothers me about wearing a huge face on my chest. Make me look like I'm double headed or something.

Re: Gulliver's Travels - Plato's Timaeus

The colours and style are simply wonderful on this. Definitely one of my favourites this week. GMV!